Why You Should Save The Date For NYC’s Billion Oyster Party

Why You Should Save The Date For NYC’s Billion Oyster Party

Food festivals are a dime a dozen these days, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find ones that not only serve high-quality and diverse food, but also benefit a worthwhile cause. Enter New York City’s third annual Billion Oyster Party, to be held this year on the evening of Thursday, May 19, at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Benefitting the Billion Oyster Project, whose ambitious mission we’ve previously covered, the event will feature unlimited oysters from more than 40 farms nationwide, in addition to live music, signature bites from 17 city restaurants and a premium open bar.

The event’s organizers hope to collect more than 20,000 oyster shells to grow new live oysters and to use as reef substrate in New York Harbor, helping to restore the local marine ecosystem’s natural mechanisms for maintaining itself — resulting in cleaner water and greater biodiversity. To date, the project has already grown more than 16.5 million oysters while restoring over an acre of reef area.

Food Republic is honored to exclusively reveal this year’s restaurant dishes below. Encompassing well-known establishments in both Manhattan and Brooklyn, the selection of food is both diverse and complex.

Tickets are currently on sale and available for purchase. General admission tickets are $150, while early-access VIP tickets are $500. Check out the party’s official website for more information and to learn more about this terrific initiative.

NYC’s Crave Fishbar is making salmon crudo with chili ginger, Chinese long beans and shallots for the party.